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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18
ANOTHER COAL FIND

Coal was discovered ten miles north Of
Plankinton seventy-five feet down, in
digging well on the farm of VIM. Long.
line. The we'll was dug two or three years
ago. Longtime kept the secret till be
made final proof and received his patent,
before making his discovery known. Ex.
psrts followed the vein from the top OF
the hill, where tLs well was dug. to Z
large draw or ravins and there commsnc.
ed to bore with an anger, and came to tn.
bed at the depth Of tao feet. The coal
bed is six feet and four inches thick. The
quality is equal to Pennsylvanis.-fhnk-
iptOn Beacou
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18
ADVERTISING DAKOTA

There have been many ways used to ad-
vertIse Daksta and her products. The
eastern press has first ridiculed and then
commended US; compared US to Green
lands icy mountains and the tropical
chimes; called Dakota. the blizzard -swe pit
country. and tho mother of cyclones. All
this We have stood patiently, and now,
in this year Of the Lord 1887, when Dakota
has the most perfect crops OF all kinds Of
any State or Territory in the union, 1t is
with pity and compassion that We read
such items as the following taken from the
Chicago Inter Ocean: Reports from ILL.
nois, Indiana. Wisconsin, Ohio, Kansas
and other States, are TO the effect that the
drouth has been broken, but 1t is feared
too late to save the crops. which in many
cases have been harvested"
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18
Press & Dakotaian: THE territorisi

Press & Dakotaian: The territorial
commissioner Of immigration, in his chr
rent report of Dakota's crop yield, sepa-
rates the north from the south in tle
usual manner and runs the forty-sixth
parallel between them. North of that
line he creates one crop district and south
Of that line he creates an ther crop dis
trict And thus it always is. In politics
or products, in spiritual or temporal sf-
fairs, in appropriations or public plumber.
in rings or in combinations, the sohd di-
viding wall of the forty sixth parallel is
built higher each year.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18
An u.a.l.,erx moon o. od OF.

That odor ID, like light and sound. o
phenomenon Of undulation is the belief
Of IL. p. Leclerc. He urges that 1t 10
moro reasonable to suppose that the odors
produced by rubbing certain substance
like sulphur and camphor-arc due to
the waves set up than that the rubbing
causes matter 70 be emitted which can
not be detected except as smell. The
garlic odor Of heated arsenious acid Is q
smell accompanying chemical action the
same as in many other cases we have
light or heat In connection with It. With
somewhat imperfect apparatus, NJ. Le-
clerc claims 10 have PRODUCED intcrfer-
ence Of odors analogous with the inter-
ference phenomena of Ight.-Arkansa~
Traveller.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

We extend the hand OF fellow
ship to the suffering people in the drouth-
stricken regions east and south of us,
where they have raised hardly enough to
keep soul and body together, and We say
to them, come to the land of the Dakotas.
where every prospect pleases, and we will
prove to veu this vast barren desert" is
the most productive soil upon the foot
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

After reading your home papers send
them to friends and acqusintances in the
states. They all contain something Of
interest to people outside of the territory.
No other agency has rought NO many pco-
pie into the territory as the local news
papers. And no method Of advertising
Dakota Yet discovered equals the old time
boom editorials"
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18
oREENLEAF ITEMS
August l6, 1887.

august 40, 1901.
Rain, rain, rain.
Harvesting nearly all done.
Larson Bros, have cut over 500 acres
with their header this season.
Threshing machines are heard IN every
direction.
p. wyland threshsd piece Of wheat
Of rs acres that averaged 10 bushels OF
good Sea Island wheat to the acre.
Headed grain and some Of 1t that was
headed quite green is keeping in the best
shape this year.
Mr.. John Melee disappeared about q
month ago and no one has heard Of his
whereabouts since. He has good tree
claim with good house. aud in pretty
good circumstances. No one knows the
cause Of his leaving. He leaves wife
ana three children here.
The Larson school began last Monday
with Miss Churchill, OF Miller, as teach
or.
Miss Ana Jemison will teach term IN
district No. ;. Miss Lizzie Dufisld will
teach six months term In distric: No. I.
Miss Jennie Payne and brother are Wis
iting at Mrs. Bakers.
y. +. and Charles Wilson start for Ne
braska next Monday.
A Miss Pepper. Of Faulk county, q
bright looking school marin is visitor at
William Cree's.
Communion services weie held at the
Larson school house last sunday by Rev.
Beatty u Rec Heights.
Rev. French. OF SO. Lawrence, delivered
an impressive sermon at No. last Sun
day. Hope he win call again.
The Sunday school at No. ! has con-
tmcted with Joe Wood, CT Miller. for an
organ.
Mr.. David Shidler and little daughter
of VIM. Smith started on trip to the
north part Of the county last Sunday.
KSowIrAIL.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18
PAYING HIS SUBSCRIPTION

Whaler hick came along Wednesday
and aiisnted from his wagon in iront of
our door. deposited box containing pair
OF growing demons, which he cody re.
quested We credit on his subscription, as
We had advertised to accept country pro-
duce, ETC.. Of all descriptions Well, we
had to accept the critters, but We hereby
revise our too sweeping proposition and
leave wild cats out, for such the varmints
proved to be--Tbromorton CTexas) Times.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

Wepaii three dollars and . quarter for
a seventy -6ve-csnt volume OF last winters
laws, and subjected our nerves to q high
tension persuing the disgusting contents
thereof; but it is decided We can proceed
under II to get an artssiau we'll and We
feel better.-Letcher Blade.
The same here, Mayhem. only VIC do
not feel so "better"-for We already have
the artesiaH we'll
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

The latest report from the work Of the
territorial board Of equalization indirats q
total assessed valuation in the territory oil
over $3.50, ,00O,GO Last year il was SI32, :
5i2. 703. The increase has been proba-
bly, $50, ,0O0, 900.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

just southwest Of Hand county lies
some forty odd thousand acres Of mos,
excellent land that Democratic admins.
tration has the gall and presumption to
insist belongs to the Iadians. The only
use the Indians f1nd for II is an annual
prairie connasration which are always
more or less disastrous TO the possessions
OF white settlers adjoining the reservation.
1t has now turned out that the garrulous
old fool, Major Carrier, who WAS post
trader at 1t. Thompson, was the one
more than any other. who worked % the
scheme to have Arhur's proclamation re-
scinded. His purpose was to secure o
large tract OF land for himself. Carrier is
now dead or We would publish some in
teresting incidents Of his life while on the
reservation. In conversation with Major
Carrier at one time he gave in substance
what was given In o recently pull lished
statement from General C. T. Campbell,
sf Scotland. who was for number Of
years officially identified with the manage
ment Of the Sioux Indians from the tims
OF their great out break in Minnesota. His
statement which we give below, is further
confirmed by Major J. r. Hanson. a citi-
zen Of Yankton and the first Indian agent
ut the Grow Creek Agency.
General Campbell says: "In 1856, after
the Sioux war, many Sioux Of different
bands came down the river to make the
treaty Of 1865. Some Of the Lover Brule,
the Two Kettle and Yanktonais bands 6nd-
ing the winnebagos and Santees gone and
an agent there, remained. The Interior
department made that point an agency.
the first on the river. for the late hostile
bands Of Sioux, as they were called. and
since 1t has been continued as such There
was no gu irantee TO the Sioux that any Of
the lands were to be given them nor did
they at any time claim these lands. They
knew that II previously belonged to the
Yanktons and that the Yanktons ceded 1t
to the United States and secured annuities
in consideration OF this sale. At the time
the reservation was surveye and the land
entered upon by the Winnebagos NO Sioux
were there; none ever chained 1t as their
land" ...-...
CONTINUING his "reminiscences as an ON
Ger Of the United States government,
General Campbell says: II was from Sep
tember, 1865. until June, 1869. special
agent for these nine bands OF Sioux; was
with them in all their councils in camp
and in Washington City; purchased for
them annIities and delivered to them their
first annuities in 1866. / was present
when Parkes and Sully were sent back
by the interior department to make further
treaties in June, 1867, at old Fort Sully.
was with the peace commission In 1868.
composed Of Generals Sherman, Herney
Terry, Sanborn and SenatorJ. B. Hender-
son and Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Taylor. No grant, no assurance, no
promis was ever made to the present
Sioux squatters that they should hold
this land as their own. In fact there was
but one treaty made with the nine bands
Of Sioux, and General Sherman is mistak-
en- when he says he thinks some grant was
given them when tie commission was
with them in 1868. No provision was
made, no poper signed relative to that
land at this time or any other time.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

A lens which magnifles. and yet 10
perfectly fat ON both sides, is scientific
novelty. Il Is made at Jena. by the
manufacturer Of Professor Abbo's new
optical glass. The lens consists Of q single
disk, whose density varies SO that its re-
fractory power decreases regularly from
1I- s;-,-<:cs srwarsl. l.--Ros.cr p-,.'set
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

We have frequently heard old Iowans
remark: You can never nlse corn in Da-
kota.' We will use phrase they used
to so often comply with: Come up and
take suthin"-a walk through one Of our
mammoth corn fields.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

Shall We bond fer an a.tesian well !
That's the next scheme on the pro-
gramme. Herald.
II you are not too near granite, We
Miller people would advise you to make
haste and bond.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

Dake Fair Associations should make
especial effort to take their exhibits to
fairs In the states adjoining the territory.
Also to widely advertise our own fairs out.
side OF the territory.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

Bob Burdette defines a kicker thus:
man who never originates anything. or
suggests anything. and opposes every
thing any one else suggests. See Mule. ,
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

The corn crop throughout barren Dako.
kota is placed at % per cent. In another
year We will make Iowa green with envy
and the suns reflection from l6O acre corn
6alda
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

The last report OF the commits
sioner Of Agriculture at Washington
places Dakota several points ahead of
any state on wheat.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18
Dakota's population is increasing at tho
rate Of 5000 per month or 60, 900 per year

One OF the spiciest papers on our ex.
change list is the Letcher Blade. 1t was
six years old with its last issue.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-08-18

Bread was Hrss made with yeast by the
English about 1850.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15
: Taxing Railroad Lands,

al
An,important tax ease was heard be-
fore Judges Collins and B ,xter in
chambers in this city Thursday. 1t was
a case. on the Todd county calendar and
involved the taxation Of some 10000 or
10000 acres of timber lautl in that county
purchased some yeas ago by lanes j.
Hill OF private parties, ronver~d by him
to the ST. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Railroad Company, and from which the
Company has cut many thousands Of
ties. These,lands have been entered for
taxation, but the payment Of tax:s has
been raised by the Company, on the
grounds: first. that under !he ,erms oCthe
charter Of the old St. Paul & Pacific
Railroad Company, of which the St, P,
M. &, NJ. is the successor, all property
acquired by the Company, whether by
purchase, grant condemnation or other,
wise is in express terms exempt from
taxation. tax on the gross earnings Of
the road being imposed in lieu of this :;
and second, that these lands, being used
for the manufacture Of ties, are as
necessary to 'hrroad as the roadbed itself
The case was argued by Attorney Gen..
"ral Clapp f"r1he county and by A s.
Grover for the Com pany, ant" was taken
under advisement.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15
Pride of Place.

From the Pioneer Press.
Your breezy Bo<tonian, like the
ta]ka'ive and conceited Athenian or
Ephesian Of old, deems all regions out
side his own urban area as ptrvincial.
barbarian and stupid. Take him up
upon mountain peak and show him all
the Kingdoms Of th~ earth and he will
'rrn anon his heel with a pecan to Boston!
To 90 West, with him, is tantamount
to sacrificing for a time all the sweets
and amenities Of life. 1t is the same:
with the Boston woman. Her devotion
to that city possesses kind Of dramatic
interest. One Of them. writing 10 the
Advertiser from Detroit, says: II am
DISTRACTED to know how l am 50 far from
home. I have the Advertiser and.
Trnnscript done up tight IN my handbag;
$" if we should get adrift anywhere we
should he Sent by express to head
qnarters." The precaution seems to
have hecn hardly necessary. The Boston.
women ned not be- labeled, ShT
diffuscs Boston atmosphere about hEr.
This one r'a'izeS it, for she remarks:
I'VE should br known out here anywhv.
by our conservative coun,enance>."
although che ndaits: II feel a SORT OK
oyster lIIA"-a condition hardly worthy
of 'oston woman "to the manner born"
and an evi,ression which does rot sound
like The product ofenormous culture.
B"t there is really some thing admir-
able in this pride Of place. 1t is come
thing very langhah|e; but it is the spiri,
which builds up cre'l' cities and COM
merce. If citizens do not boom their
own town there will be found few people
to do their hooming for them. The
conviction Of the Bostonian that there
is no city on earth superior or equal to
Boston is 10 him taDtamount to a
demonstration He carries that
conviction with him to New York.
Philadelphia. Chicago: 10 London,
Paris and Be- Rim. He is positively
teroic in his local PRIDE
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15


The movement in favor of restricting
immigration to this country is receiving
general endorsement from all sections,
and twill not be many years before
effectual efforts will he made to prevent
the nations of Europe from using the
United States as dumping ground for
their paupers and criminals. A large
proportion of the hundreds of thousands
of immigrants who arrive on our shores
annually are detriment TO this nation,
and such should not be allowed to make
their home here The criminals of the
country largely come from this class, and
the anarchists are nearly all people who
have come to America to create disturb
ance, rather than to bel good. law abiding
citizens. While the United States owes
large part Of its prosperity and popu-
lation 10 the immense influx of people
from the old world during the past few
years, it would have . better class Of
citizens and less internal trouble if there
had been some way Of keeping the worst
elements on the other side Of the ocean.
immigration should never be prohibited,
but The best class of people is none too
good for the United States.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

jeff Davis is attempting to a,,rac, the
attention of the public again; he now
declares that at the Beginning of the war
the governor Of Pennsylvania pardoned
criminals and offered large rewards to
get him assassinated
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

=. Owing 10 the brutal treatment suffered
by the state convicts Of Georgia under
the present lease system. a change will
doubtless soon he made in the manner of
employing ronvict labor. 1t is proposed
to abolish the lease system.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

The Minnesota editors went to Duluth
and the iron mines north of Lake Sup
erior on their annual excursion this
week. We can't see the good policy
IN arranging a two days. editorial ex-
cursion ON the busiest days in the week
for all country ediiors
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

Cleveland's letter declining to visit
st. Louis during the Grand Army
encampment was one of the weakest and
s'lllcst letters ever written by that
blunderjug magistrate.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

The brick layers, who joined the
striking carpenters in St. Paul few
weeks ago, have decided to return to
work. The carpenters will continue
the strike.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

Ex-sen. VIM. Window is president Of
a syndicate that has jus, paid $4,5OO,0O0
for several mines in the Gogebic range,
and he is now visiting the mining
region.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

Russia will soan have a railroad built
across the continent OF Asia to the
Pacific ocean; her railroads are also
getting uncomfortably near England's
possessions on that continent.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

The Minneso:a& North VIZ ST ern railroad
will soon build line from st. Paui to
Duluth. ~ =: '5.#s<
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

Minneapolis wholesale dealers are put
to much inconvenience and trouble By
tn lack of freight handling facilities by
the railroads.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

After struggle of five months the
Crimes bill, as the new Irish coercion
law is called, has passed the house of
com mons.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

Hurley, a town in the mining regions
OF Wisconsin, had another fire on
Saturday evening Of last werk; this time
nearly all the buildings in town being
destroyed. The fire began in variety
theatre, and seventeen persons, mostly
stage people, were burned in this
building.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15
The @<NeW SOuth.''

Washington, Special Telegram, July
10.--The members Of the Gen. Lander
Grand Army Post Of Lynn, Mass, who
visited Richmond last week, had very
unp]e asant experience in connection
With the flag matter, details Of which
have just become known. II appears
that the Massachusetts soldiers were
COMPELLED 10 listen TO insolence from
Virginia orators, and we're told that
unity depended upon recoyn,,io b of the:
Confederacy, and that the rebel fag
should be joined with the stars and
stripes The Lynn Grand Army MEN,
bers mingled with the Pickett men at
Gettysburg and saw or heard no re-
pulsive talk concerning the late un->
pleasantness until they reached
Richmond. On Tuest1ey evening
banquet was held. The speeches we're
all of Il satisfactory characor until H.
w. Flournay. secretary of the~common-
wealth of Virginia, was called upon.
His remarks concerning the war and
its results were so objectionable to many
that they left the hall. lie defended the
Confederate action in the struggle in
such manner as TO make himself re-
pulsive TO the Northern visitors: He
wanted the American flag amended"
to the extent Of of placing the rebel
stars and bars in a ar prominent position
thereon: It was the most unreconstruct-
ed speech imaginable, and the excuse
offered by the few members of r. E. Lee
camp objecting to the expressed senti-.
ment was that eThe man must be in:
famed with wine." The editor Of the
Richmond Times who followed made a
more radical speech regarding the
changing Of the flag than did the secre-
tary Of, state, claiming that complete
unity and good feeling would never
result until the old rebel flags became a
portion of the stars and stripes. The
latter read his speech from manuscript
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

Grading is now in full progress on the
Duluth, Huron & Denver railroad,
running southwest from Sauk Centre.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

President Cleveland will visit, the
South in Octeber, but is not expected 10
come west this year. =
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

Winona voted 100000 in bonds On
Monday to aidt Winona s. Southwest
ern railroad -.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

A rich gold find is reported near
1shpemine, Mich, and explorers are
t1ocking to that place. -. -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

De Lesseps' great Panama ship canal
is not oae-third completed, and the
expense has Leen S275,o0O0Oo. The
work is now meeting with obstacles
from floods and overaows that it. seems
Impossible to remedy, and the outlook
for the completion of the work by
private parties is very discouraging.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

Farmers Of North Dakota have sent
communications to the Interstate Com
merce commission at Washington
making complaint against the Manitoba
railroad company. 1t is charged that
proper facilities are not furnished
farmers for getting their wheat shipped,
and that favors are shown the elevator
companies.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

There is no longer any probability,
of ar extra session Of congress This year.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

The state soldiers, home commission
was in session on Tuesday and finally
came to decision on the site for that
institution. On the 95th ballot Min
nehaha received the necessary votes,
and the soldiers, home will be located
there. The choice will give general
satisfaction in the state, outside of the
few localities, that were scheming for
the place. 1t is beautiful site for the
home, located near the large cities and is
doubtless the choice Of most of the
veterans Of the state.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

Wennipeg, July 1.-THE Dominion.
government has disallowed the Manitoba
public work act passed for the purpose
of assisting in the construction of the
Red Riyer Valley Railroad - event of
the disallouance of the bill itself, but
work, nevertheless, proceeds witbou,
delay. .
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

NORTHERN PACIFIC TIME TABLE
Falls station AS follows |: Going EAST PasseR-
enger, ss:13 q M, S:3S q m, 2:35 p m: ]: Freight,
9Co . N. Going WEST, Passenger, sS:S0 p m,
I l22:lS am, l2::2l p m; Freight, 4;S7 p A.
*Daily. {! !s' sas
LITTLE FALLS q DAKOTA.
parts at $50 m Freight train, ca rryinK pas
.sengers, leaves Monday, Wednesday and Friday
sst 7SQ q M and arrives Tuesaay, Thursday ana
Saturday at $50 m. sass 3s